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The “PayPay” app is offering cash back u… [CURRENT ISSUE News Technology]
“PayPay” is one of the most popular electronic payment apps in Japan. Ginowan city is trying to promote and encourage cashless payment on th...Read More
Recording services offered to the public… [News]
Okinawa Public Theater Ashibina in Okinawa city is offering recording services in the hall of the facility. Due to COVID-19, a lot of events...Read More
Go To Eat Campaign begins [Gourmet News]
The “Go To Eat Premium Ticket Campaign” has started and began on Nov. 17th. The “Go To Eat Campaign” is focused on supporting food service e...Read More
Mini car plunges into sea, driver killed [News]
A man drove his mini car into the ocean from a pier at Naha Port for so far unknown reason around midnight on Dec. 29th. A passerby who had witnessed the incident called the police...
U.S. serviceman arrested on suspicion of DUI [News]
Ishikawa police arrested Tony Palomo, a gunnery sergeant from Camp Hansen, around 3:30 in the morning of Dec. 27th on suspicion of drinking and driving on Hwy 329 in Ishikawa, Urum...
First sunrise of 2015 on Okinawa [News]
The 11th Maritime Safety Agency announced the time of the first sunrise of 2015 in Okinawa. The earliest sunrise is seen on North and South Daito islands around 7:00, with Yonaguni...
New Yuirail station names, coloring and other details finalized [News]
Okinawa Urban Monorail Co. announced, Dec. 26, the names of four new stations to be built along the planned extension of the monorail line. The new stations are Ishimine, Kyozuka, ...
Yanbarukuina postage stamps sold at Kunigami village [News]
Japan Post Co., Ltd. Okinawa Branch has started selling postage frame stamps featuring images of Yanbarukuina (Okinawan rail) from Dec. 19th, to celebrate the opening of the Ada Ku...
Crash leaves two high school kids in critical condition [News]
A 18-year-old high school student from Kin Town, who had gotten his driving license just a week before, lost control of his van that hit a curb, turned over, and then crashed into ...
Naha rush hour traffic slowest in Japan [News]
The truth of what many are complaining about has finally been confirmed. Traffic in Naha during morning and evening rush hours moves the slowest in Japan. According to data collect...
Poem read by Okinawan first grader inspires prizewinning book [News]
Picture book “Peace is Nice, Isn’t It?” was awarded the grand prize in the 7th MOE Picture Book Store Awards 2014. The book was written inspired by a poem that 7-year-old Yuki Asat...
Honda becomes first to recall cars with Takata air bags [News]
Honda Motor Co. officially announced that it has started on Dec. 22 a recall of Honda cars in Okinawa, in relation to the worldwide problem with air bags made by Takata Corp. This ...
Mini car fleeing police crashes into utility pole [News]
A police chase of a mini car ended when the fleeing driver failed to turn a street corner, and crashed into a power utility pole in Ishikawa, Uruma City, about 3 a.m. on Dec. 20th....
Police photographs drunks sleeping on streets; could face fines [News]
Urasoe City Police is waging a campaign to deter drunk people from sleeping on streets. According to Urasoe Police, they have started taking photos of drunks found sleeping on the ...
Fraudsters con people with fake waterworks bills [News]
According to Naha City Waterworks Bureau, a number of fraud cases have come to their attention in Naha. As an example, a company spokesman cited a case, in which someone called loc...
Army captain arrested for attacking police officer [News]
Okinawa City Police arrested 28-year-old U.S. Army Captain Nathaniel Curley of Torii Station for obstructing a police office in his official duties on Dec. 18th. According to Okina...
18-year-old enters school, scares students with screwdriver [News]
A young man brandishing a screwdriver entered Matsushima Elementary School premises in Naha around noon, Thursday, yelling, “I kill you” at students and teachers. However, he ran a...
All shops selling ‘legal’ herbs on Okinawa shut [News]
The Prefectural Office, Drug Enforcement Okinawa Branch of the Prefectural Police and Kyushu Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare declared on Dec 15th that all shops and Internet ...
Coldest morning of year today [News]
Okinawa experienced its lowest temperatures so far this winter Wednesday morning with 10.3ºC, the lowest on the island, recorded in Oku, Kunigami Village. According to Okinawa Mete...
Possibly oldest burial in Japan found in Tamagusuku [News]
A part of a human skeleton believed to be more than 9,000 years old was discovered in Sakitari Cave in Gangala Valley, a well-known tourist attraction in Maekawa, Tamagusuku. Accor...
Marine Major suspect in Okinawa City hit and run case [News]
Okinawa police said Wednesday a U.S. Marine is the suspect of a hit-and-run incident in Okinawa City last Thursday that left a 67-year-old Seiki Kamimura seriously injured. Police ...
Okinawa cultivated land area smallest since 1972 [News]
Okinawa General Bureau announced that the cultivated acreage of farmland on Okinawa, as of July 15th, 2014, decreased by 0.3% to a total of 38,700 hectares compared to a year ago. ...
Outgoing Governor defends his decisions on last day in job [News]
Outgoing Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima completed his last day in the office, Monday, as he finished his two terms as the governor for the last eight years. Nakaima started his ...
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